"Blood on the Tracks" opener that Dylan claimed "took ten years to live and two years to write" Crossword Clue

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"Blood on the Tracks" opener that Dylan claimed "took ten years to live and two years to write" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

OPENER (noun)
1. a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
2. a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans)

More NYT Special Crossword (10/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. ___ Touch, label for 1990s Dylan bootleg recordings

6. Family member to whom Dylan sings "you been on my mind"

10. Feel sore

14. In unison

15. ___ Lomax, ethnomusicologist who was a vocal critic of Dylan's decision to "go electric"

16. Knight's neighbor on a chessboard

20. Aunt, in Spanish

21. Things filled out in waiting rooms

22. Not mine

23. Has some bread or caviar, say

25. "Waltzing With ___," country classic covered in the Basement Tapes sessions

26. Maggie's property, in a 1965 Dylan song title

27. Bookcase component

29. Hoodwinked

31. Modern term of endearment

34. Aladdin's monkey sidekick

36. Concert lineup

37. "It ___ Me, Babe," Dylan hit that opens with the lyrics "Go ’way from my window / Leave at your own chosen speed"

38. Minnesota town where young Robert Zimmerman became Bob Dylan

42. Dylan's iconic 1960s Wayfarer sunglasses, e.g.

44. Nails, as a test

45. ___ Mahal

47. South, in Spain

48. Brew that might soothe a singer's throat

49. Beauty parlor

51. Baby sheep

55. Bit of nest-building material

57. Shorten, as pants

59. Burrowing garden pest

60. Guitar accessories

62. Like Dylan's singing voice

64. Indie music's ___ Iver

65. Protest song that has been recorded by hundreds of artists, including versions translated into German and Swedish

68. Jubilation

69. Dog’s buried treasure

70. Wordsmith Oscar who, unlike Dylan, never won an Oscar

71. Eight bits

72. Not much

73. Scornful expression that some hear in the delivery of "Like a Rolling Stone"

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Down

1. Nonglossy photo finishes

2. Old Testament book echoed in "All Along the Watchtower"

3. Give to charity, as Dylan does with "Christmas in the Heart" royalties

4. Director Lee

5. "___ Portrait" (controversial 1970 album)

6. Iberian capital in "Boots of Spanish Leather"

7. Dylan, vis-à-vis the University of Minnesota

8. Contents of an atlas

9. Musician DiFranco who toured with Dylan in 1997 and 2003

10. See 32-Down

11. Record label that signed Dylan in 1961

12. "Theme Time Radio ___," Dylan's freeform musical podcast

13. Scrapes (out), as a living

18. Greek goddess of the dawn

19. Marathon swimmer Diana who mentally sings the song at 37-Across to keep time

24. Big hunks

26. Crumbly cheeses

28. Law enforcement org.

30. For each

32. With 10-Down, Michigan college town where the relatively unknown "Bob Dillon" made a 1962 folk festival appearance

33. U.F.O. flyers

35. Remove ID from, as an Instagram post

37. Biblical name meaning "exalted father" (and Dylan's father's name!)

38. Dylan wears a corduroy one on the cover of his debut album

39. Surface swept by a curler

40. Ginsberg or Kerouac, e.g.

41. Folksy lass

43. Film star Brynner name-dropped in "I Shall Be Free"

46. "Visions of ___," one of thirteen Dylan songs on Rolling Stone's original "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list

49. "Yes, yes!," in Spanish

50. Like matryoshka dolls

52. Alabama city Dylan was stuck inside of "with the Memphis blues again"

53. "___ on ___," album with the songs "I Want You" and "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"

54. To whom a lost letter might be returned

56. "Holy cow!"

58. Dashboard abbr.

60. Legendary N.Y.C. punk music club

61. Friend in a conflict

62. Absolute hoot

63. Churchyard trees

66. Sports org. for Pistol Pete, the inspiration behind "Dignity"

67. Come out on top

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